Beth from Flordia

Sharon,

We did the low frenquency therapy through our Neuronet provider. It is something from Germany. It does different things than high frequency—for our son it helped him be able to tell where sounds are coming from. It was an amazing change.

We now are doing The Listening Program for high frequency therapy. I understand it is milder than Somonas (fewer side effects). That might be one solution. About half way through my son has become somewhat agitated at listening to the music, especially if he is tired, but no side effects. The program is 15 minutes twice day for eight weeks and there is an extended option which you can do 15 minutes once a day for 16 weeks. This is for kids who have trouble with 30 minutes of sensory input a day. We are doing the twice a day without much trouble but you might try the extended program with your child’s history. Again we are doing this through our Neuronet provider but The Listening Program is widely available. I think you can order it yourself.

Beth

P.S. I went back to my post and reread it. We haven’t done the low frequency therapy I mentioned it yet. AFter much discussion, we concluded he needed BOTH and that we would start with high frequency. We are doing TLP for high frequency. Other than also being from Germany, I don’t know any more about the low frequency therapy I mentioned in that post.

I would also suggest TLP as a milder/less side effect program.

But I also want to stress that if you do see advserse effects(make sure you consult with your provider), remember that it is common, typically short lived and represents ‘movement’. Movement is good - it means you are hitting those areas of non-development.

When my dd did Tomatis, she had some very strange reactions when we hit the high-frequencies too. Our provider monitored these and would ease them off(ie. tone them down and change the listening schedule).

My dd went thru emotional meltdowns for about 1-2 weeks and when we hit the very high-frequencies and right ear dominance work, she had night terrors on a strange but regular schedule (every Tues and Friday) for about 3 weeks that I knew it was related to her listening schedule. Had never had night terrors before and has never had them since.

The 2nd time around(we’ve done more than once), she did not experience any reactions.

Thank you both - Beth and Dea. My provider has backed us up to EASE, which is less modified. I will sure take a look at TLP. Again, thanks!!!
Sharon K

We are doing TLP now and are starting week three. So far no major issues other than some restlessness that occured after week one. The program has been simple and easy to do.